{"id":326878,"date":"2025-10-23T16:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/326878\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:18:21","slug":"predicted-lineup-and-confirmed-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/326878\/","title":{"rendered":"Predicted Lineup and Confirmed Team News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham travel to Stade Louis II tonight for a pivotal Champions League fixture against Monaco, with Thomas Frank\u2019s side facing mounting injury concerns in defence. The absences of key players threaten to unsettle the structure of a team still searching for rhythm in Europe.<\/p>\n

Key Injuries Disrupt Spurs\u2019 Champions League Plans<\/p>\n

Cristian Romero will not feature after pulling out of the warm-up against Aston Villa with an adductor problem. The Argentine\u2019s absence leaves a noticeable gap in Spurs\u2019 back line, both in leadership and balance. Frank confirmed, \u201cIt\u2019s an adductor strain. We will assess it more this week before we confirm any timeframe.\u201d Romero has not travelled to France and did not take part in training on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Destiny Udogie also remains sidelined with a knee irritation sustained after international duty. \u201cWe are assessing and working very hard to get on top of it. We\u2019ll know more day by day,\u201d Frank said, suggesting his recovery could still take time. Without Udogie, Spurs will likely name an unchanged back four, with Kevin Danso and Micky van de Ven expected to anchor central defence.<\/p>\n

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\nTactical Adjustments in Midfield and Attack<\/p>\n

After the lethargic performance against Villa, a reshuffle in midfield seems possible. Lucas Bergvall and Pape Matar Sarr are both candidates to add energy and control in the centre of the pitch, two qualities Spurs lacked at the weekend. Xavi Simons, meanwhile, could move wide to the left after an inconsistent run in the No10 position, offering width and creativity to Frank\u2019s attacking setup.<\/p>\n

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Mathys Tel\u2019s exclusion from Spurs\u2019 Champions League squad opens the door for Richarlison to return as the focal point in attack. Randal Kolo Muani is available again, but the manager is expected to limit his involvement as the forward continues to build match fitness.<\/p>\n

Expected Spurs Lineup Against Monaco<\/p>\n

Frank\u2019s men are expected to line up in a 4-2-3-1 system: Vicario; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Sarr; Kudus, Bergvall, Simons; Richarlison.<\/p>\n

Several absentees remain a concern, including Romero, Udogie, Davies, Dragusin, Takai, Maddison, Kulusevski, Bissouma and Solanke, while Tel is ineligible. Despite these setbacks, Spurs will hope for a disciplined performance as they look to strengthen their position in the Champions League group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham travel to Stade Louis II tonight for a pivotal Champions League fixture against Monaco, with Thomas Frank\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[24937,162720,22092,37239,96700,1322,162721,111113,41879,19831,162722,220,105276,221,62,7199,162723,162724,6198,11131,149079,67,132,68,62620],"class_list":{"0":"post-326878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-champions-league","9":"tag-champions-league-lineup","10":"tag-cristian-romero","11":"tag-destiny-udogie","12":"tag-european-football","13":"tag-featured","14":"tag-kevin-danso","15":"tag-lucas-bergvall","16":"tag-micky-van-de-ven","17":"tag-monaco","18":"tag-pape-matar-sarr","19":"tag-premier-league","20":"tag-richarlison","21":"tag-soccer","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-spurs","24":"tag-spurs-injuries","25":"tag-stade-louis-ii","26":"tag-thomas-frank","27":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","28":"tag-tottenham-news","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-xavi-simons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115424390004541875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}